Features

January 2001 Issue

Electronic-Collars - Opinions Often Vary

Do electronic collars “shock” or “stimulate” dogs? Are they cruel and unnecessary or valuable training tools? WDJ airs the debate.

Because we feel deeply that dog training should be pleasurable and effective, and because we have personally witnessed innumerable successful demonstrations of completely pain- and fear-free training, we have taken the position that training tools and methods that inflict pain are inferior (a strong word, we know) to those that do not.

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